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The 2nd Vugar Gashimov Memorial is taking place on 16-25th April, 2015, in Shamkir, Azerbaijan.

In the only decisive game of the sixth round Fabiano Caruana defeated Vladimir Kramnik with black pieces. World Champion Magnus Carlsen maintains the lead ahead of Wesley So.

Round 6 results:

Margaret Murphy is the President of the US Virgin Islands Chess Federation and served as member of the Appeals Committee for the

India’s biggest television network Doordarshan will telecast four exclusive Highlights of the Zurich Chess Challenge 2015 on its DD Sports Channel from 27-30th April.

Filmed and Produced by Vijay Kumar the 30 minutes highlights of each episode will be telecast as under:

Cuba defeated Egypt in round four of the FIDE World Team Chess Championship to remain on the top of the crosstable with 7 match points.

China and Ukraine won against Armenia and Israel respectively to maintain close distance one point behind the leader.

The host Armenia and defending champion Russia (without Vladimir Kramnik) are struggling to find the form, sharing the 7th place with two points each. Full results below.

Less than two weeks after hosting the 2015 U.S. Championship and U.S.

Georgia defeated Kazakhstan in round 4 of the FIDE Women’s World Team Championship to maintain the lead with 7 match points.

Russia is close behind with 6 points after scoring a narrow victory against India. Full results below.

Replay games with analysis / Official website

The 78th edition of Tata Steel Chess Tournament is set to take place 15-31st January, 2016, in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.

The 4th European Small Nations Tournament is currently in progress in Les Cotils, Guernsey.

The event is a 9-round team tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″ and an average Elo rating of 2088.

Garry Kasparov – Nigel Short Legends Match is held on April 25-26 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL), rekindling the duo’s match at the 1993 World Chess Championship.

The first Battle of the Legends exhibition match will be played in a series of rapid and blitz games (two rapid games and eight blitz games).

The 10th JAPFA International Chess Festival is in progress at the Hotel Kartika Chandra in Jakarta, Indonesia.